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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
2
A detailed look at China's currency system where the tael is a unit of weight, not coin or ingot, and silver shoes are melted and weighed for trade. It explains how taels govern pricing, payments, and profits, describes cash coins, money changers, and the unstable pull of Western Mexican dollars imposed by authorities.
Harper's Weekly notes daily swings in subsidiary coinage and the dollar's value against the tael. Cent values shift, with 11 cents equaling 81 units on some days and 10 cents on others. The volatile exchange unsettles people yet profits money changers.
A New York World fragment lists familiar scientific riddles from sleep and sight to electricity and life. It ponders how seeds grow, why the sun shines, how birds build nests, and what magnetism, oxidation, and respiration reveal about the living and the dead.
An article exposes a widespread practice dubbed accidental short changing in New York nightlife and transportation hubs. It describes how cashiers’ desks and barriers conceal miscounts, allowing substantial sums to be skimmed daily. The piece notes stories from a Grand Central depot hotel and oyster bar, with examples of 10 to 30 cent discrepancies and higher losses reaching into thousands, underscoring a systemic risk and urging vigilance.
A soldier recounts in a family letter how he vowed to remain single while in service yet fell for Cynthia Crocker, daughter of Colonel Crocker. A cobra scene at dinner convinces him to marry, aided by the colonel’s influence to obtain England orders. The couple wed in Twickenham after returning home, with a later note revealing a louder youthful vow and a cobra’s killing led to a fainting incident.
A summer encounter in the White Mountains bonds a society girl and a cowboy as they swap lives. The waitress and the cowboy collide with class, inventing a novel about their experiences. They collaborate, writing a book that shocks society and becomes a sensation.
The Laodicea city council supported doctors and a flourishing school of medicine. It followed Herophilos teachings, using compound medicines from a heterogeneous system. Notable remedies included ear strengthening agents and a phryzian powder used as eye salve, cited by Galen in his pharmacopoeia.
A dated note urges American families to curb extravagance and build monthly savings. It argues that keeping up with neighbors leads to debt, while a steady savings margin provides security. Also included is a short piece on horse hoof growth and shoeing.
The passage explains toe and heel growth timelines, noting the toe grows down from eleven to thirteen months while the heel grows down in three to four months. It describes how new tissue fills cracks and defects and gradually wears away, akin to watching a bruise travel from root to tip.
Sandy McPherson builds a brick outhouse from the inside as his son Jock visits at dinner time. Sandy asks how he’s progressing and jokes about the doorless wall. Jock quips the door is missing, while Sandy admires the effort and predicts an architectural future.
In Pearson's Weekly a sharp tale tells of a clever businessman who posts a bold notice in his waiting room asking patrons to tell him what they want. He hears laughter until he discovers someone has scratched out the "f" in "for," revealing a darker twist to his public appeal.
A collection of quips and jokes from era newspapers. Dialogues touch on life worth, medical practice, aging, servant progress, dental talk, blind ambition, and aphorisms from Ovid. The tone mimics witty daily humor with brief exchanges and pithy observations.
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